Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-03
SPORTING NEWS.
Baseball, PagiIism, Rowing
and Yachting.
The Chicago-Boston Games
Desperate Fight between
Mccoy and KeIlcher.


Az the season advances the tnssF~et
IN tbs struggle Of shs teams Of The ha-
tIonai Iaagas Increases and The con
sess becomes more and more exsitsnR. A.
The Nsw York Hsyatd Femaskedi
The surpssse Of ths League series has
beeu ChioaQo's steady progress toward
ths heed 81 the lfst. Week before last she
va eixth, and continued 70 hop ever
pittsbur0, Last week Der victories 81
nome and Philadslphia's defeat ~ Bos-
ton enabled her 10 hop over the Rentie-
tnau from the City Of Bf0shefiy Love.
ThIa ah0w1 q steady nVwAF6 movement.
ara ueopie are beginning 70 wondsE
whetheF The next step Anson viii take
with bis babies viii be over heW YORK.
me Thought u enoaah 10 itut oue's
ueeaoirsttsf. How wouid New York
iook IN fourth place New York that
oughs b he-well, fisss5 Bat ''thers's
no use borrowing tfoubie." Chicago
hasnt done IL yet.
The events Of the past sWo weeks II
baseball circles have been the Chicago.
Boston games, which were played al
Chicago June 9th, 25th and 9Th.
There vas naturally great interest fell
70 see how the giants AnsOn and Kelly
would come out Of the contest. II mast
be admitted that Chicago had The best
Of ID, winning the ilrst aud third games
by scores Of Is W IS, and 70 Z, and
losing the seooEd BY score Of II 70 II.
The fourth game, played June 18th,
vas also Won BY Chicago BY score OF
1906.
ihe San Francisco Eramissr had The
following diapatoh concerning The game
Of the 2TIh. which the former MIND
pulled out of the fire Ia the ninth In
ming: "Van Haltrsn Of California made
his debut IN the Nstional League today
but the game afforded no criterion foI
any one TO form an opinion Of bis abil
ity. lie looks and acts like ball player
and for the FIRST four tnnings did 70
itiarkably veil. After that be was help
less, and gave Boston IN all sixteen
bases on balls, and bit three men will
balls, aud thus sending them 10 bases
The record looks bad, but IL In not 4
fair one on account OF D0esoheE'a um
plring. He absolutely refused 10 Gal
strikes on the Is Sst0n balsman unleal
Van HaIlgon pitched perfectly straight
bail directly over the center Of the base
matter how aquaFely Il came over thi
plate, be would cali II q ball, aud YaE
Haltren WIS reduced 10 the position o.
either sending batter 10 the base OF
balls az else give him an easy ball
which ne could not we'll help hitting.
pfUN'T UNDERSTAND CURVES.
Three times DoescheF called a fstG
ball, when il should have been q fourth
strike, aud the men pat out.
Van HalsFen sent such poverfa
curves thai the bail rarely because fail
until within one foot Of the plate, theT
Il turned swiftly and either crossed ths
plate squarely or ont the corners.
Uoesoher's decisions OF balls weF,
drawn from the direction of The bal
when Of least three feet away from thI
plate, losing all sight Of tho ultimAt,
course Of the curves at the vital spOl.
This is the reason that man after maI
was sent 10 his base on balls, aud thi
game practically presented 10 the BOs
tons.
THK CROWDS DnArPRoyAL.
Up to The ninth inning the bean eat
eFs had made iust nine clean hits, al
average Of Que TO an inning.
The game now stood tie. when Does
one made particularly rAnk decision
ID Ia not very often that Ohioalo pase-
ball enthusiasts make any strenuous
objections 10 the decision Of an ofIicia
baseball Judge. but the persistent pun
ishment of pitcher and a Willful bare
faced robbery are inexoasable.
The crowd hisaod ~ no crowd on the
grounds ever Missed before.
The champions nov lost heart, ans
presented the bene6ciaFiOs Of the rob
berry with ~ many runs ~ they wanted
Daily caught Van haltren superbly
aud ths Californian, while not specially
distinguishing htmself 81 the bal, ere
a;ed dtoidedly favorable opinion.